Alcohol vs. cannabis. Your Health columnist rddysum looks at how the health effects of each vice stack up.
My friend made a bold declaration recently: She was going to stop drinking alcohol at home and take cannabis edibles instead because she thinks they’re healthier.
The vices differ in other ways. Alcohol has well-researched links to cancer and heart disease. Cannabis edibles don’televate your heart rate. Edibles can cause short-term psychosis, raising the risk that a user could harm themselves or others. Researchers are still studying long-term effects of edibles, including the possible risk of chronic mental-health issues.To assess the health impact of edibles, it helps to understand that there’s a difference between two components of the cannabis plant.
Alcohol consumption is responsible for an estimated 5% of new cancer diagnoses and 5.8% of cancer deaths worldwide, according toThe THC in a gummy can elevate your heart rate for several hours, but it is unclear if that is associated with cardiovascular events like heart attacks, says Jeff Chen, co-founder and Chief Executive of Radicle Science, a startup running crowdsourced clinical trials on nonpharmaceuticals and former executive director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative.
Another potential health risk of THC edibles when taken in high doses is vomiting with intense stomach pain. This typically happens with long-term heavy use of THC products, says Dr. Volkow.Both THC and CBD affect an enzyme system in the liver that is responsible for metabolizing drugs. This means they can interact with other medications you might be taking. Alcohol can also interact with medications.
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